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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Iran: Jailed human rights lawyer hospitalised after hunger strike | Al Jazeera

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Rival rabbit breeders were left with broken ribs and bloodied noses after a prize rabbit show descended into chaos. The fight broke out at Germany's 27th Federal Buck Rabbit Show when rival breeders accused Jurgen Erdmann of cheating by giving his rabbits skin grafts.

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Plans to regulate gambling in Northern Ireland are due to be set out after a public consultation found overwhelming support for a new independent regulator. Around 90 per cent of 382 responses to the Department for Communities' consultation on gambling laws supported the establishment of a regulator

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Long-lost audio recordings of the Arms Trial, one of the most high-profile criminal trials in Irish legal history, have been rediscovered and will be heard for the first time. This week marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the trial of four men, including former government ministers Charles

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The Law Commission in England and Wales has proposed making sex or gender a protected characteristic. This would be added to the currently protected characteristics of race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity. The proposals are outlined in a consultation

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being honoured by a Scottish football team who have put the late US jurist's name on their kit this season. The US Supreme Court justice, who passed away at the age of 87 earlier this week, was well-known for championing women's rights.

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